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Whispers are now turning louder
Nitesh Shah

POLITICS

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The Sinn Feiners wanted Ireland to rely on itself and they wanted to build up the nation's strength from inside.

Will 75+ be out of race?
According to sources, the BJP will not give tickets to those leaders who have crossed 75 years of age. If such decisions are taken, then leader like B C Khandoori and H S Koshiyari will not be able to contest elections in Uttarakhand.

Will Satpal Maharaj be BJP face in U'Khand?
Satpal Maharaj, a former Congress leader and ex Railway Minister, is said to be strong contender for the post of Chief Ministership. It is said that he engineered the defection in Congress. He is an experience leader. Party could project him to keep congress tense.

Arnab vs The Rest ....
I am at Costa Coffee in CP ... on the adjoining table there is a Lady whose face is easily recognizable. She's joyously toying with her Coffee ...I try to start a conversation with her ...

Me: Happiness is so so infectious ....
She: You talking to me .... do you know who I am (pointing to a posse of what look like Bodyguards stationed outside )
M: Of course I do recognize you ... actually your joyous mood attracted my attention ...not your status!!
S: I feel like standing up and shouting ... Yippee ...Yippee ...
M: Lottery ....ya ....you've found something that was missing in your life ...
S: What's happened encompasses both ...don't you follow the News... Arnab has quit Times... yippee ... I'm happy ..I'm so happy ....
M: One man's exit makes you so happy ....
S: Arre .... for quite a few this is a God Send ...
M: Has it got something to do with TRP ..
S: Yes to a great extent ...but how did you guess ...
M: You guys are besotted with TRP ....you eat ..drink....sleep... dream TRP ...I decipher for your types TRP as Total Rating Paranoia!
S: Every night he shouted his way up in TRP...
M: So why didn't you guys resort to shouting louder ????
S: I tried for a couple of days and ended up with a sore throat and was out of action for a week..
M: Speaking as a viewer ...even when he whispered he was heard loud and clear ...maybe it's his credibility ...
S: Like a one time very famous News Anchor ...who has now switched over to Quiz Shows..... said ...Humaam mein sabh nangge hai!!
M: Then Public perception would be Arnab is standing outside the Hamaam fully clothed and you guys are hiding in the Humaam in the buff!!
S: See his funda was ...pick up topics ...guess where the Public was leaning towards and then go hammer and tongs accordingly!!
M: Or he thought and felt like the Public ...
S: Our job is of dissection ...not of taking sides...
M: I'm sure if you check out with the Viewers ...you'd find we feel that the dissection of many Anchors is totally subjective ...
S: We can't please everyone ...
M: Don't please anyone ...please your own conscience ...the best guide !!
S: Your too emotional ....
M: I think that's another facet of Arnab that many like!! I think you guys are J because viewership of his News Programme just kept climbing and climbing and so did the ad revenues!!
S: Why should I concern myself about Revenues etc...
M: Then why are you so deliriously happy with Arnab's exit!!!
S: Hmmmm... I found his dressing sense atrocious ...those shiny suits and morose ties ...and then his unkept hair ..
M: Actually for us these don't matter ....he could do the programme in Casuals ....with Hippie kind of hair ..he'd still be tops!!
S: Shoo... stop disturbing Me. .should I call my guards ..

I return to my coffee.

Disclaimer : Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. Inputs garnered from MSM SM and Blogs


VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Three IPS officers of 1985 batch to be empanelled ?
A couple of 1985 batch IPS officers are likely to be empanelled as ADG in the Government of India this month.

No IAS officer interested in joining at Director/Dy Secretary level post in GoI
No Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has shown interest in joining central deputation at Director/Deputy Secretary level. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has not received any application for deputation from the officers.

No decision on new DGCA
The Government has so far not taken any decision on the appointment of new Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Four Joint DGs who were interviewd for the post could not make it. Present DGCA B S Bhullar has been given one months extension.

10 IFS officers promoted to Joint Secretary level
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of 1999 batch have been promoted to Grade-III (Joint Secretary Rank). They are: R Gaurav Shresth, Rahul Shrivastava, Gourangal Das, Anurag Shrivastava, Mahaveer C Singhvi, Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat, R Ravindra, Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal, Jitendra Kumar Sharma and Ashutosh K Agrawal.

14 IDAS officers promoted to Senior Administrative Grade
The following Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officers have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Ms Gurpreet Kaur, Dr Shivali Malhotra Chouhan, Swaranshree Rao Rajashekhar, Neeraj Kumar Gayagi, S Raj Betham, T K Jajoria, Dilip Kumar, Pushkal Upadhyay and Manish Tripathi, Harihar Mishra, Anjali Ellis Shanker, Sanjay Varma, Sudhir RN and USP Kushwaha.

Rakesh Garg to retire this month
Secretary Minority Affairs Rakesh Garg is retiring by this month end. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Scheduled B&C PSUs headless
More than one dozen Scheduled 'B' and 'C' Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) units leading inexorably towards financial crisis are running without fulltime CMDs and MDs.

GoI in search of new Chairman, National Dairy Development Board
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Affairs, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, New Delhi, is in search of persons for the post of Chairman, National Dairy Development Board, Anand in Gujarat.

MD Trifed , Balaprasad suspended !
Balaprasad, MD , Trifed , has been suspended on charges of alleged negligence. A 1983 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) of MN cadre had joined the tribal affairs ministry In February this year.

Venkatesh Mohan appointed as DG, ICISA, Noida
Upon return from deputation, Venkatesh Mohan has been appointed Director General, International Centre for Information Systems and Audit (ICISA), Noida. He is a 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Jyoti Kumar Bubana relieved to join as Deputy Secretary, Shipping
Jyoti Kumar Bubana presently Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, has been relieved of to join as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Shipping. He is a 2007 batch IRS(C&CE) officer.

Orders of R G Rao for MD, HNL issued
The orders of Rokkam Gopala Rao, Director (Finance), IL lien with RINL, for the post of Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) have been issued by the Government of India.

Orders of Girish Kumar for CMD, HMT Limited soon
Orders of S Girish Kuamr, MD, HMT International Ltd for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HMT Limited are expected to be issued in a couple days.

Reshuffle of Post Master Generals
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Postal Service (IPoS)have been transferred at SAG level. Accordingly, Ram Bharosa has been transferred as PMG, Ajmer, while Anil Kumar was posted as GM (BD) and B Sarangi is posted as PMG, Rajkot region, Gujarat. Similarly; Amitabh Kharwal has been appointed as PMG, Sikkim; Shailendra Dashora as DDG(Establishment); Mnaju Kumar as DDG(R&P) and Anuja Kumar has been posted as DDG(PMLA).

BHRC Chairman resigns
Justice Bilal Nzaki, Chairman, Human Rights Commission, Bihar has resigned from his post. His tenure was to end in November next year. He is a retired CJ of Odisha HC.

Justice Nzaki appointed Chairman, HRC, J&K
Justice Bilal Nzaki has been appointed new Chairman of Human Rights Commission, J&K. Earlier he was Chief of HRC, Bihar.

Additional charge of DG, NILERD to Dr Yogesh Suri extended
The additional charge of Director General (DG), National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD) to Dr Yogesh Suri has been extended for a period of six months.

Prof Abbas appointed Director, RRL, Rampur
Prof Syed Hasan Abbas has been appointed as Director, Rampur Raza Library (RRL), Rampur.

Major Gen. Meena Dutta promoted to as ADG (Co), Postal Directorate
Major Gen. Meena Dutta has been promoted as Additional Director General(Coordination), Postal Directorate, New Delhi.

Additional charge of Director, IIM, Rohatak to Prof Rakshit extended
The additional charge of Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak, to Prof Atanu Rakshit has been extended for a period of nine months.

Additional charge of Ex Member, NCA to Narendra Kumar extended
The additional charge given to Narendra Kumar for the post of Executive Member, Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has been extended for a period of six months.

Additional charge of DC FALTA SEZ to Dr L B Singhal extended
The additional charge given to Dr L B Singhal for the post of DC, FALTA SEZ, Kolkata has been extended. He is a 1986 batch ITS officer.

Dhillon promoted to Senior Administrative Grade
M S Dhillon has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade of Central Water Engineering Service (CWES).

V K Sharma-I promoted to Special Director General grade
V K Sharma-I has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General (Civil) in the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) with effect from March 2015.

Vipul Goel deputed as GM(S&T), DFCCI
Vipul Goel has been deputed as General Manager(S&T), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd., Corporate Office, New Delhi. He is an IRSSE officer.

Vivek Varma deputed as DCC of Stores, LMRC
Vivek Varma has been deputed as Deputy Chief Controller of Stores, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd(LMRC). He is an IRSS officer.

Justice Mittal is new Lokpal of Punjab
Former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Justice SK Mittal (retd) has been appointed as the new Lokpal of Punjab.

Om Prakash is new ED FCI
Om Prakash has been appointed as ED of Food Corporation of India(FCI) Haryana Region. He is 2004 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Four IRSME officers get Junior Administrative Grade
Four IRSME officers have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade, RDSO. They are: Mukhtiar Singh, Atul Kumar Bhardwaj, Supriya Bose and B Chandrasekaran.

Shreeshail Malge appointed as Director, Finance (Exp)II, Railway Board
Shreeshail Malge has been appointed as Director, Finance (Expenditure)-II, Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

A K Tripathi transferred to Rail Wheel Plant
A K Tripathi has been transferred to Rail Wheel Plant, Bela instead of MCF, Bareli. He is an IRSME officer.

24 GMs promoted as EDs in SAIL (UPDATED)
As many as 24 General Managers have been promoted as Executive Directors in various units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The officers are: B N Thakur, R Agarwal, P Saidev, Dr G N Sahoo, R K Tripathi, S P S Jaggi, Harinand Rai, T B Singh, H R Choudhury, R K Singhal, M C Jain, Hridaya Mohan, D K Mohanty, R Krishnaswamy, Mrs Kamakshi Raman, Dr N Kulshreshtha, R Mitra, R P Mandal, Amitabh Bhattacharya, S Sitapati, T S Prakash, P Sahoo, Swapan Kumar Garai and P K Mishra.


R K Singhal promoted as ED in SAIL (UPDATED)
R K Singhal has been promoted from General Manager (B &CA), CO, to Executive Director (Corp. Affairs), CO in Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

Reshuffle of IPS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Police Service have been transferred and posted to different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Shiv Hari Meena has been posted as SSP, Itawa while Muniraj G was made SP, Mau and Nolabja Chaudhary is DIG, PAC, Kanpur. Similarly, Mahesh Kumar Mishra has been appointed as DIG, Agra range; Ajay Mohan Sharma as DIG, PAC, Meerut; N Kolanchi as Commandant, 38th Bt PaC, Aligarh; Arun Kumar Gupta as IG, Intelligence, Lucknow; P C Meena as ADG, Personnel with aditional charge of IG, Personnel; Rajesh Krishna as SSP, Ata; Kalanidhi Naithani as SP, Mirjapur; Dawa Sherpa as ADG, CBCID, Lucknow; D L Ratnam as ADG, Homeguard, Lucknow; Asit Kumar Panda as ADG, Cooperative, Lucknow; D P Shrivastava as DIG, Personnel, PHQ, Lucknow; Pradeep Yadav as SP, SCRB, Lucknow with additional charge of Food and Drugs Administration; Arvind Sen as SP, CBCID, Lucknow; Ajay Shankar Rai as SP, PHQ, Allahabad and Modak Rajesh D Rao was made DIG, Kanpur range.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 62 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ashok Shekhar has been appointed as Chairman, Indira Gandhi Canal Board, Jaipur while Nihal Chand Goyal will now be ACS, Forest, Environment, Tourism, Arts and Culture with additional charge of Coordination, Mining, Petroleum and Om Prakash Saini is Chairman, Revenue Board, Ajmer. Similarly, Shikhar Agrawal has been appointed as Secreary, Water Resources and Indira Gandhi Canal Department; Mrs Roli Singh as Secretary, Medical Education; Rohit Kumar as Secretary, Disaster Manager and Resident Commissioner, New Delhi; Vaibha Galaria as Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority; Debashish Prishti as Commissioner, EGS and Commissioner, Civil Defence; Manish Chauhan as Secretary, Rajasthan Secretariat Recruitment Board; Dr Babu Lal Jatawat as Special Secretary, Social Justice, Empowerment and Social Security, Nomad Tribe Welfare; Ashutosh A T Pednekar, Commissioner, Higher Education; Dr Prithavi Raj as Director, Labour; Chandrashekhar Mutha as Secretary, State Election Commision; Purushottam Biyani as Secretary, Jaipur Development Authority; Mahavir Prasad Sharma as Collector, Bhilwara; Laxmi Narayan Meena as Commissioner, Disinvestment, Bikaner; Ashfaq Hussain as Director, National Middle Education Campaign, Jaipur; Jagdish Chandra Purohit as Director, Monitoring, Programme Implementation; Gana Ram as Collector, Shriganganagar; Dr Rajesh Sharma as Special Secretary, Tourism; Laxmi Narayan Soni as Joint Secretary, Finance; Naresh Kumar Sharma as Collector, Dausa; Surajbhan Jaiman as Commissioner, Departmental Inquiry; Dr Narendra Kumar Gupta as Collector, Bharatpur; Pradeep Kumar Borad as Collector, Jhunjhunu; Dr Jogra Ram as Commissioner, Rajasthan Elementary Education Board; Purn Chandra Kishan as Director, Elementary Education, Bikaner; Bhanwarlal Mehra as Registrar, Sardar Patel, Security and Criminal Justice University, Jaipur; Subesingh Yadav as Collector, Tonk; Suresh Chandra Gupta as Joint Secretary, Chief Minister; Mrs Vinita Shrivastava as Registrar, Revenue Board, Ajmer; V Sarwan Kumar as Member Secretary, Rajasthan State Commissioner for Child Rights, Jaipur; Babu Lal Meena as Director, Rajasthan Prachya Vidhya Sansthan;Dr Tina Kumar as Commissioner, Investment Bureau, Jaipur; Anup Khinchi as MD, Rajasthan Finance Corporation, Jaipur; Prakash Rajpurohit as Collector, Hanumangarh; Mrs Neha Giri as Collector, Pratapgarh; Vishwa Mohan Sharma as Secretary, Rajasthan Housing Board, Jaipur; Shankar Lal Kumawat as Joint Secretary, Finance, Jaipur; Abhimanyu Kuamr as Collector, Sirohi; Mrs Anupama Jorwal as Collector, Banswada; Bhagwati Prasad Kalal as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes; Sandesh Nayak as CEO, Jaipur Smart City Limited, Jaipur; Ashish Gupta as CEO, Dungarpur Zilla Panchayat; Nathmal Didel as CEO, Chittorgarh Zilla Panchayat; Mrs Namrata Vrashani as CEO, Bikaner Zilla Panchayat; Kana Ram as CEO, Dhaulpur Zilla Panchayat; Anshdeep as CEO, Bharat Zilla Panchayat; Alok Ranjan as CEO, Jaipur Zilla Panchayat; Nikaya Gohaen as CEO, Ajmer Zilla Panchayat; Arvind Kumar as Special Officer, Personnel, Jaipur; Gawande Pradeep Keshavrao as CEO, Jodhpur Zilla Panchayat; Bhanwar Lal as SDO Chittorgarh; Mrs Bharati Dixit as SDO, Banswada; Ms Chinmayi as SDO, Ramganj Mandi Kota; Gaurav Agrawal as SDO, Mount Abu, Sirohi; Piyush Samaria as SDO, Biovar, Ajmer; Qummer ul Jaman Chaudhary as SDO, Girwa Udayapur; Ms Shubham Chaudhary as SDO, Alwar; Suresh Kumar Ola as SDO, Bali Pali and Ashish Modi was posted as SDO, Bhilwara.

NBCC CMD administers vigilance pledge to officers (UPDATED)
NBCC CMD, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, S K Pal, Director (Finance) and Sanjiv Swaroop, CVO, accompanied by Rajendra Chaudhari, Director (Commercial), administered vigilance and integrity pledge to officers and staff members of NBCC Corporate office on October 31, 2016 to mark the beginning of Observance of Vigilance Awareness Week by the Company. The week-long programme at NBCC, being organized by its Vigilance Division shall witness lot of activities and would include Interactive Sessions, Debates, Essay Competition, Talk on Stress management & ethics, etc.

NTPC observing vigilance awareness week (UPDATED)
NTPC is observing 'vigilance awareness week' in all its projects, stations and offices from October 31- November 5. Different programmes are being organized by NTPC for creating awareness among the general masses, youth, employees and their family members highlighting evils of corruption and its impact on society. Vigilance integrity pledge was administered by Gurdeep Singh, CMD from Corporate Office Delhi to employees at all projects and offices of NTPC through Video Conferencing.

Shahzad Shah is also Financial Commissioner, Railways (UPDATED)
Shahzad Shah, Additional Member Budget, Railway Board, has been assigned an additional charge as Financial Commissioner, Railways after the retirement of incumbent K B Nanda. He is an IRAS officer.
(We said this on October 28 )

Girisha posted as Joint Collector, Chittoor in AP (UPDATED)
Upon return from leave, Girisha P S has been posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 2012 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Mrs Chaudhary appointed as MD, Jaipur City Transport Services Ltd (UPDATED)
Mrs Akanksha Chaudhary has been appointed as Managing Director, Jaipur City Transport Services Limited in Rajasthan. She is an IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IAS officers shifted in Gujarat (UPDATED)
L Chuango has been appointed as Principal Secretary to General Administration Department (GAD) while Sunaina Tomar was posted as Principal Secretary to Primary & Secondary Education after repatriation to the cadre Gujarat.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, S S Pattanshetty has been appointed as Secretary, Commerce & Industries while V P Ikkeri was posted as Commissioner, Survey, Settlement & Land Records and S Sasikanth Senthil is Director, Mines & Geology. Similarly, Dr Bagadi Gautham has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Raichur District; Sameer Shukla as Commissioner, Employment and Training; Sameer Shukla gets additional charges of Mission Director, National Rural and Urban Livelihood Mission; Dr M Lokeshf fas Deputy Commissioner, Shivamogga; Rajender Kumar Kataria gets an additional charge of MD, Karnataka Mining & Environment Restoration Corporation and Munish Moudgil was given an additional charge of MD, Mysuru Minerals Limited.

Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC (UPDATED)
Lt Gen Satish Dua has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).

IRS-IT officer Rahul Singh transferred to Mumbai (UPDATED)
Rahul Singh has been transferred from MP & Chhattisgarh CCA to Mumbai CCA at Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax level. He is an IRS-IT officer.

CORPORATE

Muralikrishna ceases to be Workmen Employee Director of Vijaya Bank
Y Muralikrishna has ceased to be Workmen Employee Director of Vijaya Bank.

Owen appointed Group CEO of Mastek Ltd
Mastek Limited has appointed John Owen as Group Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Chatterjee is Non Exec. Independent Director of IL&FS Engineering Company Ltd
IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd has appointed Bhaskar Chatterjee as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company .

Sawhney appointed CFO of Gillette India Ltd
Gillette India Ltd has appointed Gagan Sawhney as the Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2017.

Lal appointed CS of Sonata Software Ltd
Sonata Software Limited has appointed Kundan K Lal as Company Secretary of the company.

Goel resigns as Director of Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Ltd
Anil P Goel has resigned as Director of Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Limited.

Jagannathan appointed CFO of Harita Seating Systems Ltd
Harita Seating Systems Limited has appointed S Jagannathan as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Senapati appointed CS of Oil India Limited
S K Senapati has been appointed as Company Secretary of Oil India Limited.

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Factually incorrect

There is a constant refrain in some quarters that judicial appointments are being delayed in a stand off between the executive and the judiciary. The judiciary sees the government as interfering in appointments which it sees as its domain. This is factually incorrect. The position of primacy in judicial appointments currently being enjoyed by the judiciary is neither traditional nor mandated, it is actually a judicially determined position and does not owe its existence to constitutional provisions or intent. It is only a consequence of the withering away of the executive even as the judiciary grew in power and public esteem over the past two decades or so. It is nobody's case that the judiciary should not be independent. However, merely because it adjudicates between disputes between authorities, it cannot don the cloak of superiority to those authorities. The fine balance between institutions has to be maintained and so does the balance of power. It is to the credit of the executive that they are not displaying feet of clay any more. In retrospect, this could be one of the lasting contributions of the current dispensation.

Vijay Kumar

Should Govt change its style of functioning ?

In the Judges Conference PM has very aptly pointed out that Govt is the biggest litigant. If he is saying so it means that yes it is. Should Govt allow this to continue or change its style of functioning by way of adopting best practices not merely for photo ops or to grant to grant some certificates in an annual function. What DoPT and other such similar organisations where human interface with personnel matters are dealt with resulting in court cases can create a space on their website itself to voice concern of the employees and its actual position officially which can reduce a lot of litigation when issues being addressed to in an open manner.

Raghu

Accounting services should be merged

Yes accounting services should be merged into one. It is the need of hour but on the same time useless irrelevant outdated technical services like Indian Telecom Service must be abolished. An appropriate step was taken by last NDA government by declaring Indian Telecom Service as Surplus cadre but surprisingly a surplus cadre was allowed to recruit more than 14% of cadre strength(463) in a single year in 2010. Although it sounds fishy but today government is bearing their salaries whereas other genuine service Indian Radio Regulatory Service is still struggling to get their legitimate dues like apex post. Timing of this 2010 recruitment and period of scams also coincides, rest is best.Maker & checker concept in USOF does not apply as PSUs manned by ITS were also beneficiaries and IP&TAFS was the only EXCLUSIVE Government cadre at that time in DoT. If still there was something fishy then why this issue was not raised by C&AG or other agencies. In any case today only monitoring work is there. Yes, Accounting people are clerks but these clerks of IP&TAFS are the largest NON TAX REVENUE ASSESSOR & Collector of the government of India today.

SB


DoT is no longer Service provider

DoT is no longer the Service provider in our liberalised India. The services functions are corporatized and many other private players are operating in this vast and dynamic field. The primary function of DoT has become regulatory and Revenue assurance.

The moment all the technical operations of DoT was converted into BSNL (a PSU), DoT no longer remained a technical department. So claiming DoT as technical department is not valid. It is simple logic.

Further, Regulatory functions are now overseen by TRAI, which is a statutory body created by an act of Parliament. So after TRAI got created in 1997 and BSNL got created in 2000, it is anyone's guess that what DoT major functions are mostly Revenue and Finance related only.

If in future, railways are privatised, the ministry of railways will no longer be a technical department. Most of the functions of railways will become Finance and revenue related.

If you see the main functions of DoT as of now, which are Spectrum auctioning, Licence fee collection, Spectrum charges, Audit functions, USOF management, all are related to Finance and Revenue. Recently, CAG audit has said that there is a revenue loss of Rs. 12000 crore (only for 4 financial years) to Government of India because of improper assessment of revenue. Also no one can forget the 2G scam which shook the nation. All these are happening because DoT is still considered as a technical department and no due care is given to Finance/Revenue people.

If you see the Non-Tax revenue of Government of India, telecom revenue is having the biggest share (This year's budget has a revenue target of nearly 98000 crores only for Telecom revenue). If this does not make DoT, revenue cum finance department, I am amazed what else will make.

Moreover, the last two pay commissions have endorsed this and in fact, 6th PC even recommended to disband the technical service ITS.

The IP&TAFS Group A organized services which are recruited through the most coveted and toughest Civil Services Exam have been manning the Finance wings of DoT. It is a fact that many top rankers chose this service with zeal to work in the most dynamic field in the world now, Telecommunications. Almost 90% of the new IP&TAFS recruits are engineers and have prior work experience and our Government believes that they have the ability and creativity to transform the department.

Sathish Kumar M C

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